Elastic-gore marker



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. KENT.

- RLASTIG GoRR MARKER.

No. 500,007. Patented June Z0, 1893.

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' a machine whereby a pair of gores, suitable UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN KENT, or BRocKToN, MASSACHUSETTS.

ELAsTlo-GORE MARKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,007, dated June 20,1893.

Application filed March 18, 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KENT, of Brockton, in the county of Plymouthand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Elastic-Gore Markers, of Which'the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to devices for marking elastic gorings forCongress and other boots and shoes.

It is the object of the' invention to provide for a single Congressshoe, may be marked at a single operation, which Work may be donespeedily, accurately, and with entire safety from accident to theoperator.

It is also the object of the invention to provide a machine of thecharacterbefore mentioned which can be readily adjusted with exactnessto mark gores Suited to boots and shoes of varying size.

It is also the object of the invention to provide other improvements,incidental to the foregoing, all as I will now proceed to describe andclaim. y

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings and to the letters markedthereon forming a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features as the case may be, wherever theyoccur.

Of the draWings-Figure I is a top plan view of the invention, complete.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view, partbeing shown as in section.

Y In the drawings a designates the bed of the machine which may be a{iat smooth plate of suitable dimensions and strength.

b is a bar provided at its rear end with laterally extended arms c whichare jourualed in suitable bearings d connected with the bed.

c is the central marking device, havinglthe character of a double troughand of the form of a W in cross section,which marking device is securedbeneath the forward part of the bar b and extending parallel therewith.In the angles forming'the bottoms of the double troughs of the saidcentral marking device there are made narrow slits f which communicatebetween the interior and exterior of the said troughs, which areconstructed so as to hold powdered chalk or other marking material whichmay be supplied through the screw-capped opening g. The lines uponserial No. 466,579. (No model.)

which the two slits f extend may be parallel, or they may extend at anangle the one to the other, as may be desired.

h 1l designate the side-markers, each of which is trough-like incharacter, and has a slit f formed along the line of its angular bottomsimilar to the slits f in the bottom of the central marker e. The saidmarkers ha' are supported upon rodsj 7c bybearings Z integrallyconnected with the tops of the markers ht which bearings are adapted toslide on the said rods, the latter being, in turn, secured in bearings mconnected with the top of the bar b.

n o are shifting bars, the former being rigidly connected at one endWith the marker h, and provided with a sleeve p at the other end adaptedto slide on the rod j, and the latter' being connected at one end withthe marker/Ll and provided at the otherend with a sleeve q adapted toslide on the rod 7c.

At their inner edges, over the bar b the shifter bars fn 0 areconstructed as rack-bars, the teeth of which mesh with a pinion 'rsecured to a stud fr' which turns in a bearing at the bar b andconnected-with which stud or pinion, at its inner end, is the lever s,the outer end of which extends over the sector A dog formed on the innerend of the springpressed finger piece a is adapted to be engaged withand disengaged .from the teeth formed in the outer edge of the sector.

c designates top-gages pivoted at their inner ends upon the bed mandadapted at their outer ends by means of a bolt w passing through a slotin the gages, to be adjusted so that the said gages may extend at agreater or less angle to the slitted marking lines in the bottoms of themarkers.

The gages o are provided with rounded notches in their upper edges atpoints opposite the spaces between the central and side markers.

y is a gage pin, projecting up from the bed centrally between the doublecentral markers.

c is a spring interposed between the bed and the lower face of the bar band operating with a tendency to 'keep the said bar normally raised.

a is a chain connected at its upper end with the bar b and extendingthrough a hole (not IOO powder and blanks for gores to be athand on .t

both sides of the machine, and theseveral parts of the latter properlyadjusted, the operator with each hand may take a blank, and bring eachatjits inner edge against ythe gagepin y, with the top of eachagainstits respective top-guide z. Then, with his or her-foot theoperator may by depressing the treadle (not shown) or by any othersuitable means bringthe markers down upon `the blanks with a blow whichwill canse the powdered material in the markers to sift through `theirslitf ted angular bottoms and mark said blanksalong the desired lines.

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a pair at a time--with the utmost exactness l The notches cv in` theupper edges of the top gages-enable the operator with a finger of thehand to hold on to the blanks and maintain them in place, and saidnotches Abeing on a line falling between the central and side'maikersinsures the finger being in position where the markers in their descent,will not strike them. The spring z it will be understood, will raisethemarkers o the material on the bed. Bytakin'g hold `of the lever s andpressing upward the outer end of the finger piece u so as to `disengagethe dog on the inner end of the said 1finger piece from the notchesformed in the outer edge ofthe sector t said lever-'may be swung forwardor backward moving the outer markers h z', through the medium of thepinion r ing the device for marking gorings in diiierentwidths, suitedto dierent-sized boots or shoes. By moving the'flever 's""`inthe'direction of the arrow marked on the sector t the markers h 'L' willbe moved outward, and by moving said lever in the opposite direction,the said markers will be moved inward.

l The face of the sector is scale-marked as shown, to enable theoperator at-a glance at the scale to adjust the markers by a simplemovement of the lever t solas to suit the device for marking Byadjusting the gages o the stitching .marks on the gorings may be made toextend at any desired angle with reference to the line of the upperedge.

It will be seen that the covers to the side markers are wider attheirrear ends as indicated-at b (Fig. 3) than at their front endsgorings of any particular g so that by shifting the trough part of theyrespect to the lines made by the central' marken This adjustment may beobtained by screws c passingl through slotted pro- :jections don thesaidl covers, which screws are tappedinto projections on the troughproper.

invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, thoughwithout atrality of depressiblemarkers of trough-like characterhavingslitted openings p formedV in their'bottoms longitudinallythereof, as set `.forth.`

2. A gore markercomprising in its con- Having thus explained the natureof the struction a bed to support-the gores, a marker `of trough-likecharacter, V-form in cross section, having a slittedopening formed? nits angular bottom extending Rangitudinally thereof, as set forth. V j

3. A gore marker comprising in its construction a bed to support thegores, fixed `central markeraadjustable side markers;` `each of saidmarkers being of trough-like l form having slitted openingsintheirbottomsA extending longitudinallythereof, and adj ustabletopgages,as set forth.

4. A gore'marker `comprising in itsy construction a bed to support thegores, ixedy central and adjustable side markers, a lever i foradjusting the latter, and an indicator or Q scale in proximity` tothelever to indicate the extentof the adjustment, as set forth. andshifting slides n o away from or toward j the central marking device,and so adjust-V 4. A gore marker comprising in itsconstruction a bedtosupport ythe gores, a ixed y able with respect to the central marker, assetforth.

6. A gore marker comprising in its con- I struction a bed to support thegores, depressi f ble central and side markers, and adjustable top-gagesprovided j with notches or depressions in their upper edges at pointsfalling on a line coincident with the spaces betweenY the l central andside markers,Y as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed lmyname to this specication, inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses,4

this 10th day of March, A. D.`1893." f

JOHN `ENT. j Witnesses: r

ARTHUR W. CRossLEY; A. D. HARRIsoM IOO IIO

